A receptacle includes a plurality of universal serial bus (USB) ports including a USB Type C PD port and a USB Type C port couplable to respective devices for charging, a controller coupled to the USB ports and including a dynamic power sharing logic, the controller structured to: determine whether one or more USB ports are coupled to the respective devices and manage first power negotiation and dynamic power sharing if both USB ports are coupled to respective devices or manage second power negotiation if only one USB port is coupled to respective device; an AC/DC converter including a gallium nitride (GaN) MOSFET on at least one of the primary side or the secondary side of the AC/DC converter, the AC/DC converter structured to provide high power to the USB Type C PD port; and a DC/DC converter structured to provide low power to the USB Type C port.
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4. The receptacle of claim 3, wherein the first voltage and current rating comprises voltage ratings including at least one of 5V, 9V, 12V, 15V, or 20V.
5. The receptacle of claim 3, wherein the second voltage and current rating comprises a voltage rating of constant 5V.
6. The receptacle of claim 3, wherein the first power negotiation comprises negotiating power output of the USB Type C PD port with the first device based at least in part on the first power profile and a power requirement of the first device, and negotiating power output of the USB Type C port with the second device based at least in the second power profile and a power requirement of the second device.
7. The receptacle of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a dual Type C & PD controller.
8. The receptacle of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a Type C PD controller coupled to the USB Type C PD port and the first MOSFET external to the Type C PD controller and a Type C controller coupled to the USB Type C port and the second MOSFET external to the Type C controller, the Type C PD controller structured to control the first MOSFET to turn on the USB Type C PD port for charging the first device and the Type C controller structured to control the second MOSFET to turn on the USB Type C port for charging the second device.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first voltage and current rating comprises voltage ratings including at least one of 5V, 9V, 12V, 15V, or 20V.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second voltage and current rating comprises a voltage rating of constant 5V.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first power negotiation comprises negotiating power output of the USB Type C PD port with the first device based at least in part on the first power profile and a power requirement of the first device and negotiating power output of the USB Type C port with the second device based at least in part on the second power profile and a power requirement of the second device.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the dual USB Type C & PD receptacle comprises a dual Type C & PD controller.
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